Friday, April 5, 2013

Recently I came across an early example of Canadian piano
building from the Newcombe Piano Company and took some photos of this early
example.

Octavius Newcombe was involved in a partnership in 1871 with
Thomas Mason & Vincent Risch who were at that time the Mason & Risch
Piano company.

Newcombe formed his own company in 1878 and began building
mostly square pianos and uprights at that time.

Newcombe Piano Co. patented several clever inventions and won wide acclaim for their upright models
in particular.

Here is a photo set of a Newcombe upright, an 85 key
instrument built in the straight strung style with a ¾ plate. One of the best
preserved examples of early Canadian piano building I have come across in my
travels.